Grindstone Cascade
Look for Grindstone Cascade, a waterfall, in Waterdown. Within 5 km there are 5 more places to visit. The first to add nearby is HMCS Haida, at 6.6 km.
Waterfall in Waterdown
Among the best-known places to visit in Canada
Ranked by coverage, #414 of 5,181 places to visit across Canada. About ↓
Inside Waterdown
You’ll find Grindstone Cascade inside Waterdown’s neighbourhood outline. Towns near it ↓
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Warm months and wet ones
Highs of 21–26°C mark June to September in Waterdown.
Grindstone Cascade
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 5 languages.
- Type
- Waterfall
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- in Waterdown
Where Grindstone Cascade is
The map centres on Grindstone Cascade, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Waterdown’s neighbourhood outline. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Which town is nearest
In size, Burlington comes first of the 8, with 197,737 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Waterdown
Burlington
Carlisle
Colborne
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Grindstone Cascade is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterdown | It’s in town | 23,858 | 11 |
| Burlington | 100 m northeast of it | 197,737 | 44 |
| Carlisle | 2.4 km northwest of it | 7,161 | 8 |
| Colborne | 3.1 km southwest of it | 7,447 | 48 |
| York Road | 3.1 km southwest of it | 4,931 | 62 |
| Strathcona | 4.2 km south of it | 9,348 | 46 |
| North End East | 7.1 km southeast of it | 4,816 | 37 |
| Central | 7.4 km south of it | 3,698 | 40 |
More to see nearby
Nearby, within 15 km, there are 2 museums, 2 waterfalls and a historic ship, among others.
Historic ship · Parks CanadaHMCS Haida6.6 km away
GardenRoyal Botanical Gardens4.3 km away3
MuseumDundurn Castle6.7 km away4WaterfallWaterfallLower Hopkins Cascade5.1 km away5
WaterfallBorer's Falls6.5 km away6
Art galleryTrue North Gallery700 m away7AttractionAttractionChristmas on Old York2.9 km away8MuseumMuseumRBG Centre4.4 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Grindstone Cascade: the answers
Where is Grindstone Cascade?
Grindstone Cascade is in Waterdown, Ontario, inside the town’s neighbourhood outline.
What is Grindstone Cascade?
Waterfall.
How well known is Grindstone Cascade?
Grindstone Cascade is #414 on our Canadian list, ranked by Wikipedia coverage.
When is the best time to visit Grindstone Cascade?
Warmth peaks in Waterdown from June to September, when afternoons reach 21–26°C (ECCC normals, 1991–2020).
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- HMCS Haida: Balcer~commonswiki, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Botanical Gardens: Nhl4hamilton | Chit-Chat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dundurn Castle: Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Borer's Falls: Nhl4hamilton | Chit-Chat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- True North Gallery: Lisa Jefferies, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).